Daily Haiku Archive
Season Words for Autumn
Traditional saijiki divide autumn into a rich field of words: moon, insects, dew, autumn wind, colored leaves, and many more. The goal is not mere memorization but understanding the sensory and cultural associations each word carries.
Why Is the Moon Such an Important Season Word?
The moon appears in every season, yet in traditional Japanese seasonal poetics “the moon” is a major autumn kigo. Moon-viewing customs, clear nights, and centuries of poetry created this cultural seasonality.
A Culture of Listening to Insects
In Japanese seasonal poetics, insect voices are major auditory signs of autumn. Kigo can encode not only ways of seeing nature but also culturally learned ways of listening to it.
An Eye for Season — Now Write Your Own Haiku
This final September lesson brings together kigo, observation, 5–7–5, cutting, translation, Korean-language haiku, and global practice. The next step is to choose one concrete moment in your own place and write.
